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At public celebrations the toasts, “Happiness for all,” and “Universal Liberty,” were proposed, partly in sympathy with our wretched white fellow-countrymen in bonds.
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Sumner recalls toasts at public celebrations that expressed solidarity with enslaved Americans.
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